Council aiming for an electric vehicle charge point on every residential street
Transport boss says current pledge for 80 per cent of locals to be within 500 metres of a charge point by 2022 ‘not good enough’
Jon Burke
Greens wade into road closure debate with suggestions for wider scheme
Campaign groups remain divided in their reaction to proposals as transport chief says he is ‘up for doing what works’
UK first as Town Hall trials ‘reverse vending machine’ on Hoxton estate
The contraption allows residents to recycle cans and plastic bottles in exchange for discounts at two local shops
The Citizen Gardener: ‘My friend’s dad used to say a garden is made in winter’
Kate Poland on how to use the cold months to renew your garden, why leaves should be left alone, and how growing spaces can help tackle food poverty
Titbits – Selective memoir and a chuting spar
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Outrage at Town Hall as antisemitism claims follow Stamford Hill parking debate
Orthodox Jewish community representatives walk out of council meeting
Town Hall puts month-long brake on consultation for Walford Road closure scheme
Delay made in interests of ‘openness, transparency and accountability’ as campaigns remain split over closures
48 bus to be withdrawn this weekend – as number 30 goes two-way on Wick Road
All change as TfL pushes ahead with controversial scrapping of the 48 route despite local opposition
Council unveils plan to pare back waste collections in effort to boost recycling
Non-recyclable rubbish pick-ups could move from weekly to fortnightly as Town Hall asks residents to have their say
Hackney Central could get a second entrance in plans unveiled by Town Hall and TfL
Proposals aimed at easing overcrowding raise question mark over future of Extinction Rebellion’s community garden
‘Requiem for a Bee’: Extinction Rebels to hold Clissold Park funeral march
Town Hall set to employ biodiversity officer starting next year
Hackney to celebrate International Car-Free Day
Stoke Newington Church Street will be closed along with ‘Play Streets’ across the borough
Community parklets: Locals invited to apply as council reopens trial programme
Residents can submit ideas to the Town Hall, with plans afoot to add to Hackney’s six parking bay oases
More than 40 Hackney streets could close to traffic for Car-Free Day in September
Council announces plan to ban vehicles from Stoke Newington Church Street on 22 September, with residents encouraged to take part
Transport for London ‘absolutely committed’ to Silvertown Tunnel despite council opposition
XR campaigners speak out against £1bn project as top councillors warn of potential increase in Homerton traffic
Transport for London lays out plans for new Cycleway between Dalston and Lea Bridge
Public can have a say on the first phase of the route, which is designed to make it easier to get around east London on foot or by bike